by The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards takes place on Santa Monica Beach, where Oscar-winning favorite ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads a field of film and television nominees at the breezy annual awards bash.
Hosted by Hasan Minhaj, this year’s Spirits will stream live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels, with presenters including “Elvis” star Austin Butler, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Troy Kotsur, Taylor Paige, Melanie Lynskey, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Dae Kim and Jamie Lee Curtis and more.
Nomadland boss Chloé Zhao and CODA director Siân Heder are honorary co-chairs. For the first time, the film and television acting categories have gone gender-neutral, with 10 nominees each. Also new for 2023: a higher budget cap of $30 million for eligible films, with an increase to $1 million for the John Cassavetes Award, which honors the Indian spirits of filmmaking.
Everything Everywhere has eight film nominations, including starring Oscar nominee Michelle Yeoh. Castmates Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan are both ready to support the performance, and Stephanie Hsu is nominated for her breakthrough performance. The multiverse-hopping sci-fi drama is also nominated for Writer, Editor, Director and Best Picture.
Hot on his heels is Todd Field’s “Tár” with seven nominations including director, picture, screenplay, cinematographer, editor and lead for Cate Blanchett.
Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” received five nominations of its own, with Paul Mescal vying for leading actor and Frankie Corio being nominated for Breakthrough Performance. The father-daughter drama is also nominated for Camera and Editing Awards and Best First Feature.
Also in the running for the main film award are tasty romance Bones and All, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and upcoming French thriller Our Father, the Devil.
Follow the whole afternoon as we announce the winners live.
Best Supportive Performance
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”
Nina Hoss, “Tar”
Brian d’Arcy James, “The Cathedral”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere at Once” | WINNER
Trevante Rhodes, “Bruiser”
Theo Rossi, “Emily the Criminal”
Mark Rylance, “Bone and All”
Jonathan Tucker, “Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Gabrielle Union, “The Inspection”
Best Screenplay
Lena Dunham, “Catherine named Birdy”
Todd Field, “Tar”
Kogonada, “After Yang”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere at Once” | WINNER
Sarah Polley, “Women in Conversation”
Best Documentary
“Everything That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” | WINNER
“A House of Splinters”
“midwives”
“Riotsville, USA”
Best International Film
“Corsage” (Austria/Belgium/England/France/Italy/Luxembourg)
“Joyland” (Pakistan/USA) | WINNER
“Leonor will never die” (Philippines)
“Return to Seoul” (Belgium/France/Romania/South Korea)
“Saint Omer” (France)
Best cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister, “Tar” | WINNER
Helene Louvart, “Murina”
Gregory Oke “Aftersun”
Eliot Rockett, “Pearl”
Anisia Uzeyman, “Neptune Frost”
Best edit
Dean Fleischer Camp and Nick Paley, “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
Ricky D’Ambrose, “The Cathedral”
Blair McClendon, “After Sun”
Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere at Once” | WINNER
Monika Willi, “Tar”
Best breakthrough performance
Frankie Corio, “After Sun”
Gracija Filipovic, “Murina”
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere at Once” | WINNER
Lily McInerny, “Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Daniel Zolghadri, “Funny Pages”
Best First Screenplay
Joel Kim Booster, “Fire Island”
Jamie Dack and Audrey Findlay, Story by Jamie Dack, “Palm Trees and Power Lines”
KD Dávila, “Emergency”
Sarah DeLappe, Story by Kristen Roupenian, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
John Patton Ford, “Emily the Criminal” | WINNER
Best New Scripted Series
“The Bear” (FX on Hulu) | WINNER
“Pachinko” (Apple TV+)
“The Doorman” (BET+ / CBC Television)
“Severance Pay” (Apple TV+)
“Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
“Children of the Underground” (FX)
“Thought About Murder” (HBO)
“Pepsi, where’s my jet?” (Netflix)
“The Sample” (HBO) | WINNER
“We need to talk about Cosby” (Showtime)
Best Supporting Achievement in a New Scripted Series
Danielle Deadwyler, “Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear” (FX on Hulu) | WINNER
Jeff Hiller, “Somewhere” (HBO Max)
Gbemisola Ikumelo, “A League of Their Own” (Prime Video)
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary School” (ABC)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear” (FX on Hulu)
Frankie Quiñones, “That Fool” (Hulu)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary School” (ABC)
Molly Shannon, “I Love That For You” (Showtime)
Tramell Tillman, “Severance Pay” (Apple TV+)
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Screenplay Series
“Pachinko” – Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson and Yuh-jung Youn | WINNER
Robert Altman Prize
“Women Talking” – Sarah Polley (Director), John Buchan (Casting Director), Jason Knight (Casting Director), Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, and August Winter | WINNER
Trueer Than Fiction award
Isabel Castro, “Miya”
Reid Davenport, “I Didn’t See You There” | WINNER
Rebeca Huntt, “Beba”
Someone To See Price
Adamma Ebo, “Honk for Jesus. Save your soul.”
Nikyatu Jusu, “nanny” | WINNER
Araceli Lemos, “Saint Emy”
producer price
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky | WINNER
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